Old Baldy (HDR)

Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
edited March 27, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
Posting this here rather than in Wildlife since there are more HDR folks here.

Often conversion to HDR allows the recovery of fine details not evident if the image is processed in the usual fashion. The images of the eagles shown below were obtained at the Homosassa Springs wildlife park in Florida. The birds, with clipped wings are in a small area that is viewed from an elevated wooden boardwalk. As usual, when these images were taken, there were lots of people walking by which caused considerable vibration. The first image, shot in raw, was processed through ACR, PS5 and Topaz Adjust. Despite my best efforts I could not bring out any detail in the white neck area below the eye. This area was not blown out as shown in ACR and the PS5 histogram. The second image is the same raw image converted to HDR with Photomatix 4.0 then further processed in PS5 and Topaz Adjust. The third image of a different eagle was processed as the 2nd. In image 2 & 3, the creamy BG was achieved by stacking two layers, over processing the top layer to remove BG noise, and masking the top layer to pass the bird from the bottom layer through. In all of the images you'll note a bluish tint to some of the white feathers. This is caused by the auto white balance being a little low. I am aware of it, I like it and think it's cool (pun intended), so it stays. :D

1. non HDR image
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2.HDR of above
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3. Other Eagle
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Jack
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  • OrvSalOrvSal Registered Users Posts: 461 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2011
    Simply beautiful! The HDR really brought out the detail.
    Have a great day!
    Orv

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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2011
    Nice work Jack thumb.gif
    Randy
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2011
    Mighty impressive work, Jack. thumb.gif

    Tom
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  • Sexy6ChickSexy6Chick Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2011
    Stunning!
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    OrvSal wrote: »
    Simply beautiful! The HDR really brought out the detail.

    Thanks Orv. Glad you liked it.
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    Jack
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    rwells wrote: »
    Nice work Jack thumb.gif

    Thanks Randy.

    Be well
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2011
    clap.gif Well done Jack........:D
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited March 21, 2011
    Very interesting, Jack. Very nice shots, and food for thought. thumb.gif

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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2011
    dlplumer wrote: »
    clap.gif

    Thanks Dan, appreciate your stopping by.
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2011
    Great work. Thank you for telling how you processed them. I agree HDR works well with bringing out the detail.

    May I ask what lens you used?
    Mary
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  • CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2011
    Awesome shots!! clap.gif
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2011
    Azzaro wrote: »
    clap.gif Well done Jack........:D

    Thanks Gary
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    Very interesting, Jack. Very nice shots, and food for thought. thumb.gif

    -joel

    Thanks joel. I appreciate your comments.
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2011
    Dogdots wrote:
    Great work. Thank you for telling how you processed them. I agree HDR works well with bringing out the detail.

    May I ask what lens you used?

    Thanks Mary and you're welcome. Thought others might have use for that info. The shot was taken with a Nikkor 300mm f/4 with a TC1.4 on a D700 (420mm 35mm equiv.)
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2011
    Jack'll do wrote: »
    Thanks Mary and you're welcome. Thought others might have use for that info. The shot was taken with a Nikkor 300mm f/4 with a TC1.4 on a D700 (420mm 35mm equiv.)

    Thanks for letting me know what you used for the shot :D
    Mary
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  • OrvSalOrvSal Registered Users Posts: 461 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2011
    Jack'll do wrote: »
    Thanks Mary and you're welcome. Thought others might have use for that info. The shot was taken with a Nikkor 300mm f/4 with a TC1.4 on a D700 (420mm 35mm equiv.)

    Just a question Jack, since you shot with the D700 which is full frame, does'nt the 420mm just apply to a smaller DSLR sensor?
    Have a great day!
    Orv

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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2011
    OrvSal wrote: »
    Just a question Jack, since you shot with the D700 which is full frame, does'nt the 420mm just apply to a smaller DSLR sensor?

    Hi Orv

    Using the 1.4 teleconverter the effective focal length was 300mm x 1.4 = 420mm on the D700. The same set up on a smaller sensor would yield 300mm x 1.4 x 1.5 = 620mm
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,982 moderator
    edited March 24, 2011
    Great shot, Jack, and nice, discreet use of HDR. Well done. thumb.gif
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  • BoatwakeBoatwake Registered Users Posts: 8 Beginner grinner
    edited March 24, 2011
    Beautiful captures. Very sharp and the HDR process worked very well.
  • martinjp2martinjp2 Registered Users Posts: 29 Big grins
    edited March 24, 2011
    Great shot. I prefer the white feathers of the non HDR version. The HDR eye on the non HDR image would be nice.
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Great shot, Jack, and nice, discreet use of HDR. Well done. thumb.gif

    Thank you Richard. Yes I was not looking for an obviously HDR effect but rather experimenting with the detail enhancing properties of hdr/tonemapping.
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    Jack
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 27, 2011
    Boatwake wrote: »
    Beautiful captures. Very sharp and the HDR process worked very well.

    Thanks for stopping by Tom.
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    Jack
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